The official Web site for the City of San Diego, www.SanDiego.gov, is being redesigned and they need your help! Have you been frustrated trying to pay your water bill online, figure out library hours or book a park permit? The City of San Diego’s Web site hasn’t been working hard enough to help you engage…
WASHINGTON – The American Psychological Association expressed strong support for President Obama’s call for a society that accepts young people in their gender and sexual development, rather than rejecting them, labeling them as bad, or suggesting that they should change. APA has previously voiced its concerns about the scientific and ethical basis of efforts to change…
A new poll released by Reuters/Ipsos today is the latest to show that voters reject so-called Indiana-style “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) bills that allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT citizens, the latest sign of growing momentum to ensure LGBT Americans are protected against discrimination. According to Reuters, “The poll found solid opposition to allowing businesses to…
Today the Florida House voted by 75-38 to advance a measure that would enshrine discrimination rights into Florida law by allowing any private adoption agency — both secular and religious, including agencies that receive taxpayer dollars — to discriminate against qualified prospective parents based on the agency’s religious or political beliefs, including those regarding sexual…
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival – South Asia’s biggest and India’s only mainstream LGBT film festival – has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise a part of the funds required for organizing the sixth edition of the festival. The film festival will be held May 27 – 31, 2015 at Liberty Cinema and Alliance…
Ep. 305 Preview In Friday’s episode of HBO’s Vice, Vice Correspondent Thomas Morton follows the stories of homosexuals and transsexuals in Iran as they navigate a terrifying cultural landscape. Post-revolution Iran is notorious for its religiosity: when Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in 1979 he enforced strict Islamic custom that made homosexuality punishable by death….
WASHINGTON – The White House has responded to a petition with over 120,000 signers seeking “help to ban the practice known as ‘conversion therapy.’” The petition came in response to the heartbreaking story of Leelah Alcorn, a 17 year old transgender youth who tragically took her own life after being subjected to the horrifying experiences…
Johnny Simon and Rebecca Sanchez, who have been focusing on Cuba’s shifting political, cultural and social sands for MSNBC, have taken a snapshot of LGBT life in an interesting, albeit truncated, piece this week. “Though same-sex relationships were technically decriminalized in 1979,” they write, “it wasn’t until 1993 that Fidel Castro publicly stated his opposition…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the USA has rejected the claims made by three former managers of AHF who filed Federal and Florida State Whistleblower Act claims against the company alleging illegal patient referral kickbacks. AHF is charged with defrauding Federal healthcare programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Health…
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) led a California congressional delegation letter in support of having a statue of astronaut and educator Sally Ride represent California in the U.S. Capitol. The letter to Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, who is leading the legislative effort in the Assembly, urges the California legislature to approve the resolution…
